Empower Youth Success 2026

Peaceful Power: Resilience, Restoration, Coping and Connection for Older Youth” is a dynamic, three-hour workshop designed for program staff working with high school students. Participants will explore hands-on strategies to foster resilience, teach effective coping skills, build social emotional skills, and lead restorative practices that empower youth to resolve conflicts and build strong relationships. The session combines interactive activities, real-world scenarios, and proven techniques to equip staff with tools for cultivating safe, supportive environments where older youth thrive, connect, and grow as confident leaders.

In our highly polarized times, we will use this session to train participants in facilitating teen dialogue across difference. Using the evidence-based teen antiracism facilitator's guide we developed, and looping for feedback practice, we will offer concrete tools that can productively transform conflict and bridge difference. 

This workshop equips program staff with dynamic strategies to engage and empower older youth. It explores innovative approaches to marketing, outreach, program design, and relationship building that attract youth and keep them coming back. Discover how high-quality programming, workforce development opportunities and enrichment activities foster authentic youth participation and belonging. Learn how to meet youth where they are-empowering them to become active agents in their learning, growth, and future successes.